Derrida Screenplay and Essays on the Film

Biography

Kirby Dick is an independent filmmaker. Amy Ziering Kofman, also a filmmaker, runs Jane Doe Films and studied with Jacques Derrida at Yale and in Paris. Jacques Derrida was born in Algeria in 1930; he died in France in 2004.

"Blissful! A pleasure to watch!" -- Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times
"Bewitching!" -- Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine
"The great pleasure of Derrida, an absolutely first-rate documentary about his life and thought that is the cinematic equivalent of a mind-expanding drug, is how invigorating and refreshing it is to be in the presence of such a powerful, agile intellect." -- The Los Angeles Times
"One of the Best Films of 2002." -- Elliot Stein, Ed Park, Village Voice